Nobody did anything wrong. It was a broken play. The ball fell into their favor.”

What made the loss even more difficult to accept was that the Hawks had more shots at goal than the Indians, especially in the second half.

At the 24-minute mark, Tony Guajardo missed the left side of the post by two feet. A few minutes later, Juan Ocampo missed the other post by nearly as close.

The Hawk onslaught continued as Ryan Bennett had another shot on goal and Konner Wilson followed with a chest shot near the net.

“We were working on the combination between midfielders and forwards,” Thomas said. “We put ourselves in the best scoring opportunities. I thought we dominated the game and led in time of possession.”

Other than Lindgren’s goal, Winnebago only had one other legitimate attempt. With 30 minutes left in the game, Lindgren got loose on a breakaway, but Gilmour stopped his shot.

“I feel like we worked harder and moved the ball better,” Oregon senior Ian Starkey said. “We just couldn’t find the back of the net. We had a lot of close ones, but the excitement of watching those shots became a heartbreaker as they missed.”

Oregon ends the season with an 11-8-3 record and finished second in the Big Northern conference.

“My goal was for everyone to get better,” Thomas said. “That’s what they did since the beginning of the year. Everyone on the field today had their best game.”